Fundamentals of business administration, accounting, human resources, wages and salaries with DATEV
In this course, you will acquire important knowledge in the areas of business administration and accounting, human resources and payroll accounting with the DATEV financial software, taking into account digital processes.
In this course, you will work practically with the on-premise programs of DATEV eG; selected content from the DATEV Students online learning platform will also be integrated to deepen your knowledge.
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Certificates: Certified Business Administrator" certificate
Certificate "Fundamentals of Human Resources Management"
DATEV certificate "DATEV user wage and salary"
DATEV training partner certificate of attendance -
Examination: Praxisbezogene Projektarbeiten mit Abschlusspräsentationen
Certified Business Administrator
DATEV-Anwender Lohn und Gehalt (Eine Anmeldung über das Lernportal „DATEV Students online“ ist für die Zertifizierungsvorbereitung obligatorisch.) -
Teaching Times: Full-timeMonday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:35 p.m. (in weeks with public holidays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m.)
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Language of Instruction: German
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Duration: 12 Weeks
Fundamentals of business administration and accounting
Fundamentals of Business Administration and Business Processes (approx. 3 days)
Business Management
Corporate Objectives and Conflicting Goals
Structure, Functions, and Business Operations
Basic Business Functions: Procurement, Service Delivery, Sales, Financing, Human Resources, and Administration
Business model, value creation, and the relationship between revenue, costs, profit, and liquidity
AI-supported research, structuring, and processing of business information
Business law and legal basics (approx. 2 days)
Legal forms of companies
Rights and obligations in sales contracts
Basics of liability
Cooperations and company mergers
Insolvency law and signs of crisis
Tax fundamentals in the corporate context (approx. 1 day)
Classification of business tax types
Basics of corporate taxation
The basic principle of value added tax
Importance of taxes for pricing, earnings and liquidity
Fundamentals of External Accounting: Bookkeeping, Balance Sheet, and Income Statement (approx. 6 days)
Tasks and Objectives of External Accounting
Inventory and Fixed Assets
Composition and Structure of a Balance Sheet, Assets/Liabilities
Income Statement and Profit Determination
Receivables/Liabilities
Provisions and Reserves: An Overview
Depreciation and Its Impact on the Annual Financial Statements
Relationship Between Day-to-Day Business Transactions and Financial Statements
Step-by-Step Income Statement
Introduction to the Analysis of the Balance Sheet and Income Statement
AI Support in Accounting-Related Processes, e.g., for Audit Notes and Plausibility Checks
Corporate goals, key figures and business management (approx. 1 day)
Profitability, productivity
Liquidity and profitability
Return on equity and other business ratios
Assessment of the economic situation of a company
Cost and activity accounting in small and medium-sized companies (approx. 3 days)
Tasks and importance of cost and activity accounting
Terms used in cost accounting
Cost type, cost center and cost unit accounting
Price calculation
Basic principles of contribution margin and profitability analysis
Cost accounting for operational control
Project work, certification preparation and certification examination (approx. 4 days)
Fundamentals of human resources management
Fundamentals of Human Resources Management and Digitalization (approx. 3 days)
Roles, Objectives, and Importance of Human Resources Management in a Company
Structure and Organization of Human Resources
Human Resources Information and Statistics
Diversity Management in the HR Context
Digitalization and AI in Human Resources
Human Resources Management (approx. 5 days)
Tasks and Process Structures
Human Resources Management Tools
Digital and AI-powered HR information systems (e.g., chatbots or self-service portals)
Data Protection in Human Resources
Fundamentals of Labor Law (Types of Contracts, Rights and Obligations of Employers and Employees, Protected Rights)
Workforce Planning/Recruitment (approx. 4 days)
Objectives, Tasks, and Tools of Workforce Planning
Human Resources Management in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Determining Staffing Needs and Staff Deployment
Candidate Management, Job Profiles, and Evaluation of Application Materials
Online Recruiting and the Candidate Journey
Job Interviews/Selection Processes
Hiring New Employees
Human Resources Development (approx. 2 days)
Significance and Objectives of Human Resources Development
Integrating Employee Development into Corporate Goals and HR Strategy
Performance Appraisals as the Basis for Employee Development Measures
Development Tools
Overview of digital learning offerings and AI-powered professional development tools
Employee Compensation (approx. 3 days)
Personnel Costs as a Key Performance Indicator in the Company
Overview of Forms of Compensation
Basics of Social Security and Payroll Tax
Gross-to-Net Logic, Non-Cash Compensation
Structure and Components of a Payroll Statement
Current Overview of Pay Transparency
Project work (approx. 3 days)
To consolidate the content learned
Presentation of the project results
Wages and salaries with DATEV
Legal framework for payroll accounting (full-time approx. 3 days/part-time approx. 6 days)
Fundamentals of labor law with reference to payroll accounting
Social security law: compulsory insurance, contribution groups, levies, reporting, obligation to keep records
Wage tax law: tax deduction features, obligation to call up, payroll account
Wage types and their significance for payroll accounting
Data protection and limits of AI for payroll and personal data
Create and maintain client and employee master data in DATEV (full-time: approx. 5 days; part-time: approx. 10 days)
Creating Clients in DATEV
Backing up and restoring client data
Recording social security and tax-related specifics, as well as other client master data
Creating various employee types
Employee groups (trainees, mini-jobs, midi-jobs, managing directors)
Hires and Terminations
Payments and deductions in DATEV (full-time approx. 4 days/part-time approx. 8 days)
Salary and time rate
Supplements and variable remuneration components
One-off payments (e.g. Christmas and vacation bonuses)
Travel allowances
Payment of wages in the event of illness, vacation, public holidays
Garnishment
Benefits in kind and non-cash benefits (e.g. company car, staff discounts)
Company pension scheme
Travel expenses and reimbursement of expenses
Maternity protection pay and maternity benefit
Payroll accounting and monthly closing with DATEV (full-time approx. 3 days/part-time approx. 6 days)
Transaction data entry
AI as an accounting tool for complex payroll transactions
Payroll accounting and monthly closing
Proof of contributions and estimation, certificates
Payroll tax registration
Repeat and recalculations
Transfer of payroll postings to the
Financial accounting, accounting voucher
Year-end closing work
Digital collaboration in DATEV (full-time approx. 2 days/part-time approx. 4 days)
DATEV Unternehmen online and DATEV Arbeitnehmer online at a glance
Preliminary wage recording and digital recording of monthly data
Digitally exchange and manage personnel documents
Digital mapping of attendances and absences
Use evaluations and wage evaluations in the DATEV applications
Insight into digital personnel processes with DATEV Personal
Project work, certification preparation (via the DATEV Students online platform) and certification exam "DATEV User Wages and Salaries" (full-time approx. 3 days/part-time approx. 6 days)
Changes are possible, the course content is updated regularly.
After completing the course, you will have a basic understanding of business contexts and commercial thinking. You will be familiar with the central areas of accounting, be able to classify operational key figures and understand and process simple business management issues in everyday working life. You will also learn about the sensible and responsible use of artificial intelligence in commercial and administrative work processes.
In addition, you’ll have a solid understanding of all key areas of human resources management. You understand how modern human resources work functions—from personnel administration and labor law to workforce planning and recruiting, all the way to employee development and compensation. At the same time, you know how digitalization and artificial intelligence (AI) are transforming the field of human resources.
You will also prepare payroll accounting with DATEV in a professional and practical manner. You will deepen your knowledge of the legal principles, process typical and complex payroll cases confidently in the software and be able to use digital processes efficiently in the collaboration between law firms, clients and employees.
Sound basic commercial and business management knowledge is indispensable in today's working world and makes it easier for you to understand business practice.
With your newly acquired knowledge and skills in the area of payroll accounting, you will also improve your career opportunities. According to the manufacturer, more than 9.5 million payrolls are created with DATEV every month.
Your meaningful certificate provides a detailed insight into the qualifications you have acquired and improves your career prospects.
Didactic concept
Your lecturers are highly qualified both professionally and didactically and will teach you from the first to the last day (no self-study system).
You will learn in effective small groups. The courses usually consist of 6 to 25 participants. The general lessons are supplemented by numerous practical exercises in all course modules. The practice phase is an important part of the course, as it is during this time that you process what you have just learned and gain confidence and routine in its application. The final section of the course involves a project, a case study or a final exam.
Virtual classroom alfaview®
Lessons take place using modern alfaview® video technology - either from the comfort of your own home or at our premises at Bildungszentrum. The entire course can see each other face-to-face via alfaview®, communicate with each other in lip-sync voice quality and work on joint projects. Of course, you can also see and talk to your connected trainers live at any time and you will be taught by your lecturers in real time for the entire duration of the course. The lessons are not e-learning, but real live face-to-face lessons via video technology.
The courses at alfatraining are funded by Agentur für Arbeit and are certified in accordance with the AZAV approval regulation. When submitting a Bildungsgutscheinor Aktivierungs- und Vermittlungsgutschein, the entire course costs are usually covered by your funding body.
Funding is also possible via Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF), Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV) or regional funding programs. As a regular soldier, you have the option of attending further training courses via Berufsförderungsdienst (BFD). Companies can also have their employees qualified via funding from Agentur für Arbeit (Qualifizierungschancengesetz).